Comparative study between cold air analgesia and supraorbital and supratrochlear nerve block for the management of pain during photodynamic therapy for actinic keratoses of the frontotemporal zone

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 161, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 353-356

  Serra Guillen, C ^a   Hueso, L ^a   Nagore, E ^a   Vila, M ^b   Llombart, B ^a   Requena Caballero, C ^a   Botella Estrada, R ^a   Sanmartin, O ^a   Alfaro Rubio, A ^a   Guillen, C ^a  

^a Instituto Valenciano de Oncologa   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO DE VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Actinic keratoses; Anaesthesia; Cold air; Nerve block; Photodynamic therapy

Indexed keywords

ACTINIC KERATOSIS; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOANESTHESIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALGESIA; COLD TEMPERATURE; CRYOANESTHESIA; FACIAL DERMATOSES; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATOSIS, ACTINIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 73349134032     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2009.09184.x     Document Type: Article

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